What Have You Fettled Today?

[ChrisEyles]

Just fettled the rod brakes on my roadster, and finished off the bike

It's the first time I've *ever* had to use a hacksaw and file to adjust a set of brakes!

 

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

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Will be getting a new stem, it's only a basic MTB stem, when I have a spare 5 I'll be popping to a lbs near the in-laws who should have just the thing for the job I'll find a pic to show the current one

See attached... Top has no plug, and is where the hex head is to remove.. Thankfully that nut isn't sheared so can remove stem for replacement.

 

[Psycolist]

Had to replace a spoke nipple tonight. Was checking the alignment on a home brew pair of wheels, and found a nipple just turning without tightening. Thought it was going to be the spoke, but turned out to just be a dodgy nipple. All good and nice and straight again. Also checked all the tyre pressures while I was out there.

 

[raleighnut]

See attached... Top has no plug, and is where the hex head is to remove.. Thankfully that nut isn't sheared so can remove stem for replacement.

An inventive bit of bodgery there. I like.

 

[The_Cycling_Scientist]

An inventive bit of bodgery there. I like.

The bike's nickname Is frank... Short for Frankenbike... It's had so many bits just shoved together over the years

 

[Tojo]

The bike's nickname Is frank... Short for Frankenbike... It's had so many bits just shoved together over the years

Bikeinstine surely......! We used to call those sort of steeds.....Bitzas when I built bikes from anything that I found lying around unwanted, or I bartered for or swapped.....

 

[Racing roadkill]

I cleaned the road bike properly today.

 

[Racing roadkill]

The bike's nickname Is frank... Short for Frankenbike... It's had so many bits just shoved together over the years

I've got a couple of those. They are made from the corpses of crashed / worn out bikes, all cobbled together and sprayed with WD40 (bike) of course

 

[Piemaster]

New wheel with Nexus 8 hub and roller brake on the longtail bike. A replacement for a cassette and disc arrangement.
Surprisingly the supplied gripshifter cable was long enough and the mechanical disc brake cable/lever was a straight swap over to the roller brake. A bit of fiddling got the Acera rear mech to play nice as a chain tensioner, though a proper one will replace it at some point. Needs a new single chainwheel to replace the triple - the big ring is very worn.

Even the M+ tyre swapped over easily. I'm now suspicious I've missed something and the wheel will fall off when I get out on it.

 

[Kevoffthetee]

STI conversion complete - just a shame I have my eye on a new ride

 

[toptom]

Had rotor Q rings fitted to the Scott CR1

 

[Deleted member 23692]

I mated an Garmin eTrex mount to a K-edge Garmin Edge mount

This is attempt No.4 to get a decent out-front mount for an eTrex - the previous prototypes involved Tate Labs, MORSA and SRAM mounts.... and numerous eTrex ones have been chopped up in the process .

Finally I have a neat lo-pro and sturdy one .

 

[DCLane]

Secteur's set up for the 200k Red Rose Ride tomorrow.

 

[clid61]

These my Michelin erilium are fraying on the side walls . £40 quid a set st buy a bike ,

 

[si_c]

Stripped down and cleaned the MTB, front pads getting a bit worn, so swapped them with the rear ones. Readjusted all the gear and brake cables. Relubed and whatnot.